Robert Kains Golf Course Design Ltd.

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ROBERT (BOB) KAINS PRESIDENT


Robert Kains Golf Course Design Ltd. was founded in 1995 after a 9 year partnership with GDS Golf Design Services Ltd. The company provides the Canadian and International golf communities with a progressive design philosophy and dedication to quality. Comprehensive experience has been achieved as the designer or co-designer of over 100 golf course projects on properties ranging from mountainsides to peat moss bogs. Exposure to golf has been gained throughout Canada and internationally in 18 countries.

  • education

University of Guelph - Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- B Sc. (Agr) - environmental horticulture - 1977
- Ontario Diploma in Horticulture (Landscape Design) - 1984

 
  • instruction

Fairview College (now NAIT - Fairview Campus) - Fairview, Alberta
- Turfgrass Management Program, 1980 - 85

University of Guelph (Office of Open Learning) - Guelph, Ontario
- Golf Course Design and Construction, 1993 - 2006

Grant MacEwan College - Edmonton, Alberta
- Golf Management Program, 1994 - 1999

University of British Columbia -Vancouver, British Columbia
- Turfgrass Maintenance Certificate Program, 1996 - 1998

 
  • turfgrass maintenance
    1971-1980

- Sunningdale Golf and Country Club - London, Ontario
- Riverside Golf and Country Club - Saint John, New Brunswick
- Oxbow Glen Golf Course - London, Ontario
- Glen Abbey Golf Club - Oakville, Ontario
- Greenhills Golf and Country Club - London, Ontario

 
  • memberships
 - Canadian Golf Superintendents Association
- Western Canada Turfgrass Association
- Ontario Golf Superintendents Association
- Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
- The Stanley Thompson Society